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Neandertal cannibalism and Neandertal bones used as tools in Northern Europe

Almost 150 years after the first identification of Neandertal skeletal material, the cognitive and symbolic abilities of these populations remain a subject of intense debate. We present 99 new Neandertal remai...

Hélène Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Cédric Beauval, Cosimo Posth… in Scientific Reports (2016)

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First data of Neandertal bird and carnivore exploitation in the Cantabrian Region (Axlor; Barandiaran excavations; Dima, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

Neandertals were top predators who basically relied on middle- to large-sized ungulates for dietary purposes, but there is growing evidence that supports their consumption of plants, leporids, tortoises, marin...

Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Nohemi Sala, Carmen Núñez-Lahuerta… in Scientific Reports (2018)

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3D virtual reconstruction of the Kebara 2 Neandertal thorax

The size and shape of the Neandertal thorax has been debated since the first discovery of Neandertal ribs more than 150 years ago, with workers proposing different interpretations ranging from a Neandertal tho...

Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Alon Barash, Daniel García-Martínez… in Nature Communications (2018)

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Stable isotopes reveal patterns of diet and mobility in the last Neandertals and first modern humans in Europe

Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust predictions about what makes us human....

Christoph Wißing, Hélène Rougier, Chris Baumann, Alexander Comeyne… in Scientific Reports (2019)

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Pluridisciplinary evidence for burial for the La Ferrassie 8 Neandertal child

The origin of funerary practices has important implications for the emergence of so-called modern cognitive capacities and behaviour. We provide new multidisciplinary information on the archaeological context ...

Antoine Balzeau, Alain Turq, Sahra Talamo, Camille Daujeard… in Scientific Reports (2020)

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New dating of the Matalascañas footprints provides new evidence of the Middle Pleistocene (MIS 9-8) hominin paleoecology in southern Europe

Hominin footprints were recently discovered at Matalascañas (Huelva; South of Iberian Peninsula). They were dated thanks to a previous study in deposits of the Asperillo cliff to 106 ± 19 ka, Upper Pleistocene...

Eduardo Mayoral, Jérémy Duveau, Ana Santos, Antonio Rodríguez Ramírez… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years^1,2. Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor molecular...

Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Hélène Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur… in Nature (2023)

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Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Hélène Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur… in Nature (2023)